Leonino exclusive confirmed! €4m midfielder forced back to Sporting | OneFootball

Koba Koindredi was one of the most surprising faces at the start of Sporting’s pre-season. The French midfielder reported to the Cristiano Ronaldo Academy after finishing his loan spell at Basel, but he is still not part of Rui Borges’ plans for the 2026/27 season.

Souleymane Faye was also present in Alcochete. The Senegalese forward, signed from Granada in January, also remains outside the coaching staff’s plans and is expected to be sold. Lorient and Elche have already shown interest in the attacker, who is also expected to leave Alvalade.

For now, Rui Borges is still unable to count on some of the main names in the Sporting squad, as several internationals are benefiting from an additional rest period. Hjulmand, Vagiannidis and Kochorashvili will return in the coming days and are expected to join the group that will travel to Lagos for the pre-season training camp.

As for Rodrigo Zalazar, who represented Uruguay at the World Cup, he is seen as the only one of the players involved in the tournament who should rejoin the group in time to travel to the Algarve, benefiting from his limited playing time with the Celeste.

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